Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.